Pre-raphaelite

 

'Loves Messanger', 1885, Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927), Delaware Art Museum. 

Watercolor, tempra and gold paint on paper (32"x26"). A dove, string attached to it's leg with free end of string wrapped around a rolled piece of paper (the message?). In front of her, an embroidery with a blindfolded figure holding a bow and arrow (cupid?).



"The Vale of Rest", Sir John Everett Millais (1829-96), 1858-9, Tate. Millais was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 

'The title and subtitle, 'Where the weary find repose', both come from Mendelssohn's part-song 'Ruhetal' from Sechs Lieder, Opus 59, no.5. Millais heard his brother William singing the song and felt it suited the picture perfectly.' (tate.org.uk)



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